See this example here.
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { Text, View, StyleSheet, Button, Modal } from 'react-native';
import { Constants } from 'expo';
export default class App extends Component {
state = {
modalVisible: false,
};
_handleButtonPress = () => {
this.setModalVisible(true);
};
setModalVisible = (visible) => {
this.setState({modalVisible: visible});
}
render() {
var modalBackgroundStyle = {
backgroundColor: 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)'
};
var innerContainerTransparentStyle = {backgroundColor: '#fff', padding: 20};
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<Modal
animationType='fade'
transparent={true}
visible={this.state.modalVisible}
onRequestClose={() => this.setModalVisible(false)}
>
<View style={[styles.container, modalBackgroundStyle]}>
<View style={innerContainerTransparentStyle}>
<Text>This is a modal</Text>
<Button title='close'
onPress={this.setModalVisible.bind(this, false)}/>
</View>
</View>
</Modal>
<Button
title="Press me"
onPress={this._handleButtonPress}
/>
</View>
);
}
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
alignItems: 'center',
justifyContent: 'center',
paddingTop: Constants.statusBarHeight,
backgroundColor: '#ecf0f1',
}
});